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Salesforce plans generative AI boost for ESG reporting with Net Zero Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Generative AI will soon be everywhere — including in Salesforce’s Net Zero Cloud environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting tool. Net Zero Cloud uses data held within the Salesforce platform to help enterprises report on their carbon footprint and manage other social and governance metrics.

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3 things CIOs must do now to accurately hit net-zero targets

CIO Business Intelligence

However, the latest and largest UNGC-Accenture CEO study revealed that 91% of CEOs report insufficient technology solutions as a barrier to seizing opportunities in the net-zero transition, building resilience in their organization, and overcoming current volatility in the business landscape.

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Google Cloud growth slows as Alphabet net income plunges

CIO Business Intelligence

Even though Google Cloud revenue growth showed signs of slowing, it nevertheless provided something of a bright spot as parent company Alphabet — hit hard by the tightening of customer budgets — posted a year-over-year decline in net income for its 2022 fourth quarter. Net income (profit) was $13.6 billion, up just 1% from $75.3

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Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 15% in 2019, highlighting the challenge of net zero emissions

GeekWire

Amazon has pledged to make its retail and cloud-computing operations “net carbon zero” by 2040, but its newly released 2019 sustainability report shows that greenhouse gas emissions rose over the previous year by 15%. (Jordan Stead / Amazon Photo).

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Lululemon is buying exercise hardware startup Mirror for half a billion dollars

The Verge

Lululemon, the company behind trendy fitness apparel, is getting into the hardware business with Mirror. Lululemon’s net sales dropped 17 percent this past quarter, although its online sales increased 70 percent. Although McDonald told the paper the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t “trigger” the purchase, the timing doesn’t feel coincidental.

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John Carmack's idea of manufacturers auctioning hardware directly to consumers is flawed

TechSpot

“There would be much indignation at reported prices out of the gate, but removing intermediaries should net out better for consumers in the end,” Carmack added.

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RealNetworks releases its first hardware product, a kiosk that checks for proper facemask usage

GeekWire

But the pandemic is pushing many companies to try new things, and the software mainstay is getting into hardware for the first time. million in the second quarter, with a net loss of $1.4 Now that RealNetworks has tried its hand at hardware, does the company have additional devices in mind, perhaps in other parts of its business?

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